1954 in sports

May 6 Ã¢ÂÂ Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile barrier with a time of 3:59.4
August 25 to 29 August Ã¢ÂÂ European Championships held at Berne, capital of Switzerland

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League
5 June: Champion Essendon full-forward John Coleman has his career ended by a serious knee injury
Footscray wins the 58th VFL Premiership by defeating Melbourne 15.12 (102) to 7.9 (51) in the Grand Final.
Brownlow Medal awarded to Roy Wright (Richmond)
South Australian National Football League
Port Adelaide begins a record run of six consecutive SANFL premierships by beating West Adelaide 11.13 (79) to 10.16 (76) in a highly controversial Grand Final.
Magarey Medal won by Len Fitzgerald (Sturt)
West Australian National Football League
wins its third successive premiership and eighth overall beating 21.14 (140) to 9.8 (62).
Sandover Medal awarded to Merv McIntosh (Perth)

January 14 Ã¢ÂÂ Former Yankees great Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe in a union of heavily publicized media stars.
St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore, Maryland, becoming the new Baltimore Orioles.
World Series Ã¢ÂÂ New York Giants win 4 games to 0 over the Cleveland Indians

FIBA World Championship Ã¢ÂÂ
Gold: United States
Silver: Brazil
Bronze: Philippines
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Ã¢ÂÂ
La Salle wins 92Ã¢ÂÂ76 over Bradley
NBA Finals Ã¢ÂÂ
Minneapolis Lakers win 4Ã¢ÂÂ3 over the Syracuse Nationals
March 13 Ã¢ÂÂ Milan High School, enrollment 161, defeated Muncie Central High School (enrollment over 1,600) 32Ã¢ÂÂ30 to win the Indiana state title. The 1986 movie classic Hoosiers was very loosely based on the story of this Milan team.

June 17 Ã¢ÂÂ Rocky Marciano defeats Ezzard Charles by unanimous decision to retain his World Heavyweight title
September 17 in New York City, Rocky Marciano retained his World Heavyweight title with an 8th-round knockout of Ezzard Charles
December 12 Ã¢ÂÂ death of Ed Sanders (24), American heavyweight soon after a fight with Willie James in which he lost consciousness

The BC Lions started play in the Western Interprovincial Football Union as the ninth professional team.
After the 1954 season, the Ontario Rugby Football Union stops challenging for the Grey Cup, permanently establishing that trophy as one to be awarded only to professional teams.
These changes result in the Grey Cup being an East vs. West competition. Although the Canadian Football League was not technically founded until 1958, 1954 is often referred to as the start of the "modern era" of Canadian professional football. It is also considered to be the year the CFL was founded in substance if not in name.
In the Grey Cup, the Edmonton Eskimos win 26Ã¢ÂÂ25 over the Montreal Alouettes.
The Canadian Intermediate-Senior championship was awarded to the Winnipeg Rams. The team consisted of http://www.wilds.mb.ca/rich Rich Kolisnyk (quarterback), Mel Kotch, Bob Jones, Tom Brisson, Bill Ritchie, Len Sigurdson, Walt Van Wynsberg, Lorne Miller, Gerry Duguid, Harry Makin, Art Makin, Jerry Lavitt, John Thorney, Bill Barrett, Jim Thorney, Al McBride, Bill Senyk, Bob Bouchard, Ray Charambura, Nick Miller, Dick Hebertson, Ron Stephenson, Al Passman, Mort Corrin, Bill Yee, Norm Lampe, Dede Brown, Joe Sawchuk, Art Brockhill, Lew Miles, Ken Freeman, Bill Thomas, Ron Cooke, Pete Sawchuk, Harry Snider, Harold Neufeld and their mascot Ken Kolisnyk.

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Steeplechases

Hurdle races

Flat races

May 5 Ã¢ÂÂ 1953Ã¢ÂÂ54 Challenge Cup Final replay is won 8Ã¢ÂÂ4 by Warrington against Halifax before a world record crowd for a rugby football match of either code of over 120,000 at Odsal Stadium.
May 8 Ã¢ÂÂ 1953Ã¢ÂÂ54 Northern Rugby Football League season culminates in Warrington's 8Ã¢ÂÂ7 win over Halifax in the Championship Final at Maine Road before 36,519.
September 18 Ã¢ÂÂ 1954 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's 23Ã¢ÂÂ15 win over Newtown in the grand final at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 45,759
November 13 Ã¢ÂÂ first World Cup tournament culminates in Great Britain's 16 Ã¢ÂÂ 12 win over France in the final.
December 13 Ã¢ÂÂ the final match of the 1953Ã¢ÂÂ54 European Championship was played, with England finishing on top of the tournament ladder to claim the championship.
1954 Great Britain Lions tour